Subject: Re: [bug#74306] [PATCH gnome-team 24/44] gnu: libsoup-minimal: Disable test suite.

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:35:29 +0100

Am Dienstag, dem 12.11.2024 um 22:47 +0900 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
> Hi,
> 
> Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > Am Montag, dem 11.11.2024 um 15:17 +0900 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
> > > This is a regression introduced by a change to glib-networking.
> > > 
> > > * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (libsoup-minimal) [arguments]: Set
> > > #:tests?
> > > to #f.
> > > 
> > > Change-Id: I07b16aab2b04726ba5363d452b32362a683c9b39
> > > ---
> > >  gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 4 ++++
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
> > > index b01fd51ff3..52d128f5c8 100644
> > > --- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
> > > +++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
> > > @@ -5160,6 +5160,10 @@ (define-public libsoup-minimal
> > >      (build-system meson-build-system)
> > >      (arguments
> > >       (list
> > > +      ;; FIXME: The test suite is disabled as most tests are
> > > currently broken
> > > +      ;; due to glib-networking/GnuTLS expecting a valid trust
> > > store
> > > under
> > > +      ;; /etc/ssl/certs (see:
> > > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/46779).
> > Can we fix this assumption instead?
> 
> Not easily.  glib-networking has simplified its handling of trust
> store, it now leaves it up to the crypto implementation (GnuTLS),
> which is has its trust store hard-coded to a fixed location.  Our
> best bet is to apply a GnuTLS patch from Nix I've shared in #46779,
> potentially polishing it a bit for upstream consideration.
Okay, in that case we can leave this patch as-is.

Cheers